What happened to Christmas? It’s supposed to be a time to celebrate the birth of our Savior and Lord, and the dawning of redemption for the entire world! But what do we experience? The overload of stress, the anxiety of buying gifts, and the sense that we’re missing the entire point altogether. Help us “Reconnect” Christmas to God’s original redemption story by giving generously and sacrificially.
This year, there are two ways to help: break the cycle of separation by helping with a local project, called “Gift Mart” in Aurora, IL., and break the cycle of poverty and oppression by giving a percentage of what you would have spent on Christmas gifts towards the building of a school in Mahbubnagar, India. For more information, choose a project below.
Wow!
Our goal was $100,000 in one special “Reconnect Christmas Offering” on December 13th. The economy has been in the tank. A number of our church families have either lost their employment, fear they might lose their employment, and/or have already seen their compensation reduced as their company seeks ways to avoid layoffs. And [...]